How To: 20-cwt GS trailer hand brake

[Grant Bowker]

Step 1 was to buy a brake handle. $9.99 plus postage, the seller had described it as a Fird (easy to see the typo they made... but limits the searchability for the auction) part so I was the only bidder. Once I had the lever I enlarged the manual drawing from the original 2" size to match the length of the handle. All aspects of the handle fit so it seemed like a good start. Then the dimensions of the mounting pattern and cable location were checked against the trailer mounting points, they matched too so it seemed the plan was good.

Images are the eBay handle before and after removing from the original mounting bracket. The pivot rivet had enough length remaining that it could later be peened to make a new head.